Post Football Playing Career and Awards
Young joined the BC Lions team management after his retirement, and briefly coached the Lions on an interim basis during the 1990 CFL season.
In 1991, Young was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. In 1994, he was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. In 2002, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In November, 2006, Young was voted to the Honour Roll of the CFL's top 50 players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN. In 2011 he was an inaugural inductee in the BC Football Hall of Fame.
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